Humanoid Warriors and Shamans

Here I present tribal warriors and shamans of goblins, orcs, kobolds and hobgoblins as NPC classes. This is really an expansion of the goblin warrior and goblin shaman classes I put together way back near the beginning of this blog. Here the shamans of different races all share the same titles and spell progression and the warriors gain the same special abilities - in a way this is moving away from the classic D&D trope of Class as Race and making the class more independent from the race. But not entirely. Each race will have its own THAC0 and Hit dice progression for the two classes. Note that 1st level warriors for each race should be effectively the same as the stat blocks given in the monster description in the basic rules. I have stuck to this with their typical weapons and armour for each race below. However, variations in equipment is certainly possible, especially for tougher more experienced individuals who may have looted better gear. 

Apologies if this all seems rather dry, crunchy and flavourless but I felt it important to lay down the game rules first then world-building flavour and fluff can be added later. 

I am also aware that I am not including gnolls, bugbears and trolls, or other humanoid creatures such as lizardfolk, centaurs and troglodytes. Instead I have stuck to creatures that are roughly comparable to PC races (humans, halflings & dwarves) in terms of size, strength and body shape. For these other races I will probably give them additional monster stat blocks as I have done with ogres, minotaurs, nagpas and araneas.  I personally feel that although orcs, goblins, kobolds and hobgoblins can be treated as NPCs, other races are best treated as monsters.  

Warriors

Level	Title	Spec Abilities
1	Warrior	As basic monster stats
2	Veteran Warrior	Set Spear vs charge
3	Subchief	Junior Commander
4	Chief	Inspire Courage
5	Chieftain	2-weapon Fighting
6	Senior Commander	Middle Commander
7	Senior Commander	Monstrous Mount
8	Tribal Commander	Inspire Zeal
9	Tribal Commander	Senior Commander
10	Warlord	Two-weapon mastery

All humanoid warriors can use whatever weapons and armour are available to them within racial limitations. 

Warriors make saving throws as fighters of the same level. 

As they progress and become more powerful they gain certain abilities. These include: 

• Set Spear versus Charge is the same as for human fighters. 
• Junior Commander - a warrior of level 3 or higher can reliably command up to 5 1st level warriors or ordinary humanoids (of the same race) per level of the commander.
• Inspire Courage - Allies within 30' get +2 to morale checks and saves vs fear.
• 2-weapon Fighting - The warrior can use 2 one-handed weapons, at -2 to hit penalty for both. 
• Middle Commander -  The warrior can reliably command 1 junior commander per level. 
• Monstrous Mount - The warrior can tame and ride a monster larger than himself, which must have HD equal to or lower than the warrrior and be suitable for riding. 
• Inspire Zeal - Allies within 30' get +2 to hit and damage and +4 to morale and saves vs fear, usable 1 encounter per day. 
• Senior Commander - reliably command 1 middle commander per two levels. 
• Two-Weapon Mastery - As per two-weapon fighting, but the warrior suffers no penalty to hit. 

Shamans 

		Spells prepared
Level	Title	1st level	2nd level	3rd level	4th level	5th level
1	Initiate
2	Acolyte	1
3	Acolyte	2
4	Minor Shaman	2	1
5	Minor Shaman	2	2
6	Shaman	2	2	1
7	Shaman	3	2	2
8	Senior Shaman	3	2	2	1
9	Senior Shaman	3	3	2	2
10	Great Shaman	3	3	3	2	1

Shamans at 2nd level or above can cast spells from the Cleric spell list and, if available to the DM, druid spells. They can cast reversed and chaotic versions of spells without problem. At 1st level they are still proving their worthiness to be granted such power.

Shamans may not use banded armour, plate mail or other heavy armour. They can still use shields and leather, chain mail and scale mail armour. 

Shamans make saving throws as clerics of the same level. 

Shamans cannot use two-handed weapons except for staffs. 

Goblins

	Goblin Shaman		Goblin Warrior
Level	Hit Dice	THAC0	Hit Dice	THAC0
1	1d6	20	1d8-1	19
2	2d6	19	2d8-1	18
3	3d6	19	3d8-2	17
4	4d6	18	4d8-2	16
5	5d6	17	5d8-3	15
6	6d6	17	6d8-3	14
7	7d6	16	7d8-4	13
8	8d6	15	8d8-4	12
9	9d6	15	9d8-5	11
10	10d6	14	10d8-5	10

• Goblins suffer -1 to hit in sunlight
• Goblins have 60ft infravision
• Goblins have a base movement of 60ft/round
• Goblins are restricted to the same weapons as dwarves, and are too short to wield two-handed swords, polearms and longbows. They can wear dwarf-sized armour.
• 1st level goblin warriors usually have leather armour, shields and either spears or hand-axes (AC 6, 1d6 damage) as per their stat block in the monster section of the rules.
• A goblin at 2nd level or above (warrior or shaman) may use a dire wolf as a mount. If the AD&D stats for worgs are available then the goblin may ride a worg instead. 
• Goblins, like dwarves, are skilled miners and can detect unusual stonework as a dwarf. 

Hobgoblins

	Hobgoblin Shaman		Hobgoblin Warrior
Level	Hit Dice	THAC0	Hit Dice	THAC0
1	1d6+1	19	1d8+1	18
2	2d6+2	18	2d8+2	17
3	3d6+3	18	3d8+3	16
4	4d6+4	17	4d8+4	15
5	5d6+5	16	5d8+5	14
6	6d6+6	16	6d8+6	13
7	7d6+7	15	7d8+7	12
8	8d6+8	14	8d8+8	11
9	9d6+9	14	9d8+9	10
10	10d6+10	13	10d8+10	9

• Hobgoblins have 60ft infravision
• Hobgoblins can wield any weapon that a human can and can wear human-sized armour.
• 1st level hobgoblin warriors usually have leather armour, shields and normal swords (AC 6, 1d8 damage) as per their stat block in the monster section of the rules.
• Hobgoblins have a base movement of 90ft/round

Orcs

	Orc Shaman		Orc Warrior
Level	Hit Dice	THAC0	Hit Dice	THAC0
1	1d6	20	1d8	19
2	2d6	19	2d8	18
3	3d6	19	3d8	17
4	4d6	18	4d8	16
5	5d6	17	5d8	15
6	6d6	17	6d8	14
7	7d6	16	7d8	13
8	8d6	15	8d8	12
9	9d6	15	9d8	11
10	10d6	14	10d8	10

• Orcs suffer -1 to hit when in sunlight
• Orcs have 60ft infravision
• Orcs have a base movement of 90ft/round
• Orcs can use any weapons that humans can use and can wear human-sized armour
• 1st level orc warriors usually have leather armour, shields and either spears or hand-axes (AC 6, 1d6 damage) as per their stat block in the monster section of the rules.
• An orc warrior of 2nd level or higher gains +1 to damage rolls
• An orc shaman of level 2 or higher can speak the language of either ogres or trolls

Kobolds

	Kobold Shaman		Kobold Warrior
Level	Hit Dice	THAC0	Hit Dice	THAC0
1	1d4	20	1d4	20
2	2d4	19	2d4+1	19
3	3d4	19	3d4+3	18
4	4d4	18	4d4+4	17
5	5d4	17	5d4+5	16
6	6d4	17	6d4+6	15
7	7d4	16	7d4+7	14
8	8d4	15	8d4+8	13
9	9d4	15	9d4+9	12
10	10d4	14	10d4+10	11

• Kobolds are small and are restricted to the same weapons as halflings, and cannot wield two-handed swords, polearms, longbows or other large weapons. They can wear halfling-sized armour.
• 1st level kobold warriors usually have leather armour and either very small spears or daggers (AC 7, 1d4 damage) as per their stat block in the monster section of the rules.
• Kobolds have 90ft infravision
• Kobolds have a base movement of 60ft/round
• Kobolds are skilled miners and can sense unusual stonework as dwarves can. 
• Kobold sorcerers - a small proportion of kobold shamans (perhaps 1 in 10) learn magic-user spells instead of clerical spells. These kobold sorcerers do not wear any armour at all.